Artificial sweeteners are those innocent looking packets that you can pick up in your local coffee shop to sweeten your morning brew, with little or no calories. If you are a diabetic or are watching your weight, you might be choosing to use artificial sweeteners in order to avoid both extra calories and keep your blood sugar better regulated. Some folks may also choose these chemicals over sugar in order to avoid the cavities that can be caused by sugar in our diet.

But, did you know that your healthy choice might pack an allergic punch?

Apparently, if you have a sulfa-antibiotic allergy (also known as sulfa-drug allergy), Acesulfame K could trigger a seizure, migraine or allergy symptoms.

The good news is that it’s not likely that you’ll meet Acesulfame K in that packet of morning sweetener. But you will often find it in combination with aspartame, sucralose or other non-nutritive sweeteners in a variety of low calorie products, from pop to jello desserts and low sugar ice creams.

In some cases, reading the label isn’t enough: you also have to know where you could “cross-react” with something in addition to your diagnosed allergen.

Source: Health Care N Diet